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1. What African country borders Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Angola?

2. This 1920’s Nobel laureate from Denmark was best known for his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics.

3. Name the Renaissance novelist, poet and playwright from Spain who was known for his influence upon the Spanish language, and was also known as El Príncipe de los Ingenios, or “The Prince of Wits”.

4. Which poetic meter has fives sets of stressed and unstressed syllables? (i.e. an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, 5 times)

5. Who is the only athlete to have played in both a Superbowl and a World Series?

a. Jim Thorpe
b. Bo Jackson
c. Babe Ruth
d. Deion Sanders

6. Assume that water lilies double in area every 24 hours. In the spring, there is one water lily on a lake. After thirty days, the lake is completely (100%) covered with water lilies. How many days did it take for lilies to cover 25% of the lake?

7. This principal ballerina in the New York City ballet performed the role of Clara opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov in the American Ballet Theater’s 1977 televised production of The Nutcracker.

8. Which of the following countries was NOT a part of the former nation of Yugoslavia?

a. Albania
b. Slovenia
c. Macedonia
d. Montenegro

9. If you pour 500,000 cubic centimeters of water in a barrel that was already holding 300 liters of water, how much total water would be in the barrel?

10. Name the two Confederate Generals from the American Civil War who were featured on a 1937 U. S Army issue 4-cent postage stamp.

11. What is the name of this sculpture?

12. What red-headed actress appeared in both the movie Bachelor Party and a Whitesnake music video?

13. Name the only two southern (confederate) state capitals that were not occupied by northern troops during the American Civil War.

14. What is the lowest elevation in Nepal?

a. 3150 meters
b. 1050 meters
c. 350 meters
d. 70 meters

15. Identify the Australian winner of the Fields Medal (for mathematics) who, as a child prodigy, scored a 760 on the math section of the SAT exam at the age of 8, and later earned his PhD from Princeton University at the age of 20.

16. Name the U2 song that contains the lyrics “Under a blood red sky a crowd has gathered in black and white”

17. What author is thought to have coined the phrases “love is blind”, “all that glitters is not gold”, and “wild goose chase”?

18. How many of the crew aboard the Titanic were women?

19. Which of the following is the correct trio of the ABC islands in the Caribbean?

Annie On Saturday, November 20 at 8:54 pm

1. What African country borders Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Angola?

Namibia

2. This 1920’s Nobel laureate from Denmark was best known for his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics.

Niels Bohr

3. Name the Renaissance novelist, poet and playwright from Spain who was known for his influence upon the Spanish language, and was also known as El Príncipe de los Ingenios, or “The Prince of Wits”.

Miguel de Cervantes

4. Which poetic meter has fives sets of stressed and unstressed syllables? (i.e. an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, 5 times)

Iambic Pentameter

5. Who is the only athlete to have played in both a Superbowl and a World Series?
a. Jim Thorpe
b. Bo Jackson
c. Babe Ruth
d. Deion Sanders

d. Dion Sanders

6. Assume that water lilies double in area every 24 hours. In the spring, there is one water lily on a lake. After thirty days, the lake is completely (100%) covered with water lilies. How many days did it take for lilies to cover 25% of the lake?

28 days

7. This principal ballerina in the New York City ballet performed the role of Clara opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov in the American Ballet Theater’s 1977 televised production of The Nutcracker.

Gelsey Kirkland

8. Which of the following countries was NOT a part of the former nation of Yugoslavia?
a. Albania
b. Slovenia
c. Macedonia
d. Montenegro

a. Albania

9. If you pour 500,000 cubic centimeters of water in a barrel that was already holding 300 liters of water, how much total water would be in the barrel?
a. 80 kilolitres
b. 80,000 millilitres
c. 8 hectolitres
d. 8,000,000 nanolitres

c. 8 hectoliters

10. Name the two Confederate Generals from the American Civil War who were featured on a 1937 U. S Army issue 4-cent postage stamp.

General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson

11. What is the name of this sculpture?

The Thinker

12. What red-headed actress appeared in both the movie Bachelor Party and a Whitesnake music video?

Tawny Kitaen

13. Name the only two southern (confederate) state capitals that were not occupied by northern troops during the American Civil War.

15. Identify the Australian winner of the Fields Medal (for mathematics) who, as a child prodigy, scored a 760 on the math section of the SAT exam at the age of 8, and later earned his PhD from Princeton University at the age of 20.

Terence Tao

16. Name the U2 song that contains the lyrics “Under a blood red sky a crowd has gathered in black and white”

Under a Blood Red Sky

17. What author is thought to have coined the phrases “love is blind”, “all that glitters is not gold”, and “wild goose chase”?

William Shakespeare

18. How many of the crew aboard the Titanic were women?

22

19. Which of the following is the correct trio of the ABC islands in the Caribbean?
a. Antigua, Barbuda, Cuba
b. Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao
c. Anguilla, Barbados, Cayman Islands
d. Agalega, Bermuda, Corvo

b, Aruba Bonaire Curacao

20. If Betsy leaves Town A traveling due east for 6 miles to Town B, then turns due north and travels 9 miles to Town C, how far will her trip home be to Town A as she travels directly southwest?
a. 15.0 miles
b. 10.8 miles
c. 7.5 miles
d. 3.0 miles

Kristen On Saturday, November 20 at 8:58 pm

1. What African country borders Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Angola? Namibia

2. This 1920’s Nobel laureate from Denmark was best known for his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics. Niels Bohr

3. Name the Renaissance novelist, poet and playwright from Spain who was known for his influence upon the Spanish language, and was also known as El Príncipe de los Ingenios, or “The Prince of Wits”. Miguel de Cervantes

4. Which poetic meter has fives sets of stressed and unstressed syllables? (i.e. an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, 5 times) Lambic pentameter

5. Who is the only athlete to have played in both a Superbowl and a World Series?
d. Deion Sanders

6. Assume that water lilies double in area every 24 hours. In the spring, there is one water lily on a lake. After thirty days, the lake is completely (100%) covered with water lilies. How many days did it take for lilies to cover 25% of the lake? 28 days

7. This principal ballerina in the New York City ballet performed the role of Clara opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov in the American Ballet Theater’s 1977 televised production of The Nutcracker. Gelsey Kirkland

8. Which of the following countries was NOT a part of the former nation of Yugoslavia?
a. Albania

9. If you pour 500,000 cubic centimeters of water in a barrel that was already holding 300 liters of water, how much total water would be in the barrel?
c. 8 hectolitres

10. Name the two Confederate Generals from the American Civil War who were featured on a 1937 U. S Army issue 4-cent postage stamp. Lee and Jackson

11. What is the name of this sculpture? The Thinker

12. What red-headed actress appeared in both the movie Bachelor Party and a Whitesnake music video? Tawny Kitaen

13. Name the only two southern (confederate) state capitals that were not occupied by northern troops during the American Civil War. Austin TX and Tallahassee FL.

14. What is the lowest elevation in Nepal?
d. 70 meters

15. Identify the Australian winner of the Fields Medal (for mathematics) who, as a child prodigy, scored a 760 on the math section of the SAT exam at the age of 8, and later earned his PhD from Princeton University at the age of 20. Terence Tao

16. Name the U2 song that contains the lyrics “Under a blood red sky a crowd has gathered in black and white” New Year’s Day

17. What author is thought to have coined the phrases “love is blind”, “all that glitters is not gold”, and “wild goose chase”? Shakespeare

18. How many of the crew aboard the Titanic were women? 22

19. Which of the following is the correct trio of the ABC islands in the Caribbean?
b. Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao

20. If Betsy leaves Town A traveling due east for 6 miles to Town B, then turns due north and travels 9 miles to Town C, how far will her trip home be to Town A as she travels directly southwest?
b. 10.8 miles

Kassie S On Saturday, November 20 at 9:01 pm

HOLY HELEN! I need an iPad so I can learn more about things I should already know! I would like to submit answers, but to be honest, I would probably have to google everything and well, that’s not testing my knowledge, that’s testing my ability to type and click.

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